C. A. (Charles A.) Higgins

C. A. Higgins, identified in library records as Charles A. Higgins, is best known today for travel and promotional writing about the American Southwest. The Online Books Page and Project Gutenberg list him as the author of works including Titan of Chasms: The Grand Canyon of Arizona, while catalog records and digitized editions also connect him with To California and Back and Las Vegas Hot Springs and Vicinity.

His writing appears closely associated with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's passenger department, which suggests he wrote for readers who were both curious about the region and considering travel there. In that role, he helped present places like the Grand Canyon not just as remote landmarks, but as destinations to be understood, admired, and visited.

Although little biographical detail about his personal life was easy to confirm from reliable public sources, his work still offers a clear glimpse of its era: a blend of tourism, regional description, and popular history shaped by the growing rail travel culture of the American West.